Striped Killifish Male-Pawleys Island, South Carolina

The striped killifish , also called the striped mummichog, is a North American species fundulid killifish. It lives in salt and brackish waters in shallow coastal regions from New Hampshire to Florida.

It exhibits sexual dimorphism, with the males having vertical black stripes and the mature females having horizontal black stripes along the sides of their silver-colored bodies. Juvenile females have vertical stripes, however, and one or two vertical stripes remain at the end of the tail.. more